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Windows Dev Prv VMWare install ?

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Could not install the Windows 8 dev preview on VMWare 7. Will boot from the ISO but after the initial loading of files the system fails and shuts down. If anyone has any luck in getting it installed here would be interested to know how. I don't have extra
hardware to throw it on right now.

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Windows 8 is not supported on VMware Workstation 7. You will either need to upgrade to VMware Workstation 8 ($99) or download the free 30-day trial.If you found this post helpful, please "Vote as Helpful". If it answered your question, remember to "Mark as Answer".

Just for completness. The Windows 8 Developer Preview is neither (officialy) supported on VMware Workstation 8 RTM - there is no word about Windows 8 in the official supported OS list.

However, in most cases, it works, at least on the latest Beta it did. There were some cases when it had not worked as expected, but some of the issues go out after playing a bit with the hardware configuration (for example lowering amount of RAM). RTM is
too new, so most of the observations currently available is still from the Beta.

I have upgrade to VM 8 and the installation proceeds to the 'select drivers to install screen' but can not get past that as not sure what drivers are needed and do not have an option. Will reseach but answer posted here would be nice.

Thanks for the warning. I didn't realize VMware Workstation 8 was out yet. Is it a beta or already shipping? I've been a VMware Workstation user for years and didn't get an email from them about Workstation 8! *Bad* VMware! *Bad*! ;-)

P.S.: How about VirtualBox? I don't see the harm in trying it even if nobody has claimed it's supported. ;-) KVM? Xen? QEMU / KQEMU?

Thanks for the warning. I didn't realize VMware Workstation 8 was out yet. Is it a beta or already shipping? I've been a VMware Workstation user for years and didn't get an email from them about Workstation 8!
Bad VMware! Bad! ;-)

The drivers issue seems to be a fluke. I saw that some people had a bad checksum after download and was causing problems, so I checked mine and of course it was off. So re-downloaded last right, right check sum and now the install seems to be going smooth.